Hi Shawn, Kom another forum member told me that since I am in India and BMW does not offer BMW Assist here, I do not need fake VIN to activate BMW Live, internet, etc as in my case data will be used from my mobile device with data tethering turned on. Is this right? If yes then what are the steps to activate.

The steps are identical, but you don't have to change the VIN.

That said, whether you have BMW Assist to not, you still need a VIN with factory 614 and 615.